right now at 5:30, the message former president donald trump had for current president joe biden as he faces charges in a hush money court case. the search for an unusual suspect in connection with a fire on the peninsula. data showing more storefronts are sitting empty than ever before. the city's retail vacancy rate has nearly reached 8%. >> but there are businesses booking the trend including a book shop that attracts tourists from all over the world. >> loureen ayyoub spoke to the owner of city lights. >> reporter: nothing like the tangible experience of walking through a bookstore. i'm at city lights, the world renowned bookstore in san francisco, where the team is working hard

to insure the lights stay on even as the business of books changes. it's a journey of discovery one page at a time. that's how paul yamazaki sees it. as a long time buyer for city lights bookstore in north beach, he says he feels lucky to do what he loves because a few decades back that was not the case. >> i think i'm one of the few independent book sellers who can say they went straight from jail to a job in book selling. >> reporter: in his college days paul was a proud activist, marching against war and advocating for more diverse literary representation in academic institutions. his protesting cost him some time behind bars, but his passion for education that represents the whole of america made its mark. >> we felt particularly for students of color that we weren't being represented in curriculum, by the faculty, and by the outreach into the various communities . >> reporter: paul began working

at city lights 54 years ago bringing more global knowledge to san francisco's diverse readers, but maintaining that goal has not been easy. according to the american book sellers association, independent bookstores face stiff competition from online retailers like amazon. while paul is trying to find new ways to keep the bookstore afloat, long time fans of city lights like author mars breslow is bringing in new generations to the shop, like his granddaughter. he says he remembers popping in when he was young. >> i didn't have any money for books then. some bookstores would kick you out, but city lights just let you come down here and spend hours. you could read the whole book if you didn't have any money to buy it. >> reporter: it's the kind of community commitment paul and city lights' original owner always had envisions.

>> people can browse the books we have here. >> reporter: and see a whole world of opportunity. >> it's important to read because it makes you smart. >> reporter: and to provide more knowledge to more people, paul is currently exploring new ways to monetize the business, including the possibility of turning it into a 501 c3, but until then he's just taking it one chapter at a time. >> a good bookstore is still the best place to go and a library. >> reporter: a place to go and grow generation after generation. coming up at 6:00, we'll take you to a grill for a look at why customers keep packing this bay area landmark after all these years. about 60 firefighters responded to a second alarm fire at a three-story residential building in presidio heights this morning. luckily no one was inside that building at the time. no one was injured, but firefighters did evacuate people living near

the fire while other residents were asked to shelter in place. crews did confirm the fire had been knocked out after about an hour and the cause of this is still under investigation. pacifica police are asking the public for help to find them a suspected arsonist connected to a fire at fairway park earlier this month. police say a witness saw this man start a fire before running away and the witness was able to snap this photo. investigators say the suspect visits the archery range in the fairway park on a regular basis. the latest sign of california's deepening home insurance crisis, the state's so-called insurer of last resort seems ready to raise their rates once again. it's called the fair plan, an insurer created by the state to provide a policy to those dropped by traditional services, and as wildfire risks increase, their customer base has been growing rapidly. now fair plan president victoria roche has told a state

oversight committee rates will see a substantial increase. this would add onto a 15% increase that took place last year. david pecker, former publisher of the national enquirer, was on the stand a third day at former president donald trump's criminal trial in new york. after his testimony was over, the prosecution called rhona graff, a long time assistants to trump, but legal experts say it looks like a big ask to get all the jurors to agree the payments were a way of interfering in the 2016 election. >> it's not a crime if it wasn't done with the purpose of influencing the election. i personally think they've got an uphill battle. they would have the jurors believe that simply an agreement to influence the election with this catch and kill practice is in and of itself illegal, but it's not. they'll have to go the extra step of proving that

federal campaign finance law violation. >> trump also invited president biden to a debate as he left the courtroom. the trial is to resume with more testimony tuesday. victims of sexual assault are speaking out after disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein had his 2020 rape conviction overturned this week. the new york court of appeals determined weinstein didn't get a fair trial, in part because of irrelevant testimonies. mimi haley testified weinstein assaulted her in the case and called the reversal devastating and said the original conviction significant filed historic progress which has now become tainted. >> while this is a setback, it will not undo the leaps forward we have made and it will never undo the truth. >> weinstein will remain in prison, though, for a 16-year sentence from a separate rape conviction last year. up next, meet the bay area researchers on a mission, how they're working to reverse the

devastating loss of bird species over the last century. >> this is a little island of natural habitat for everything that lives here. specifically we watch the birds. plus beating the odds, how a sacramento football player worked his way into the first round of the nfl draft after doctors told him

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the tests until late spring or early summer. birds can play a critical role in the environment, but in the past 50 years nearly 30% of the birds in north america, about 3 billion birds, have vanished due to primarily habitat loss, pollution, and now climate change. >> in tonight's project earth a cutting edge technology now here in the bay area is helping scientists work together to better understand ways to help them. >> here's len ramirez. >> reporter: the wild birds come here at the southern edge of the bay area surrounded by urban sprawl. native and migratory birds have found a safe haven on a tiny strip of forest. >> this is a little island of natural habitat for everything that lives here, specifically we watch the birds. >> reporter: katie labarbera is with the san francisco bay bird observatory. over the past 40 years volunteers with the nonprofit have studied birds at

the coyote creek field station in milpitas. they've seen a worrisome decline in some species. >> with climate change these ecosystems are being impacted. these species are being impacted often in a negative way. >> reporter: to shed light on the issue, katie and her team collect data using a traditional research method known as banding. >> they've got a very big personality. >> reporter: the birds like this little chickadee are gently caught, their feathers inspected. by softly blowing on the bird, researchers can check for fat and signs of molting. >> it's a bracelet. so it rolls, goes up and down. >> reporter: a lightweight band engraved with a unique number is fitted around its leg. the bird is then released. if the bird is caught again, the id allows scientists to keep track of its movement, but -- >> you recapture a very low percentage of all the birds you band. so you have to band a lot of birds to have any of them turn up at another station. >> reporter: now a game changing technology is blowing

researchers away. >> we've never been able to see data like this on the west coast before. >> it's been very exciting. >> reporter: the system is called motus. it uses radio transmitters to track wildlife as it travels vast distances across the globe revealing incredible new details. >> we've had detections of western meadowlarks here in the valley, in the northern part of the valley, that were tagged in montana. >> reporter: levi sousa heads up the motus program for the california department of fish and wildlife. so far california has more than 50 motus stations with antennas strategically placed from the oregon border to the sultan sea. this one located on grizzly island in solano county is run by levi's group. >> usually one station per property is required per property to cover anything moving by or using that property. >> reporter: with mow tuesday researchers attach tiny tracking tags to small birds, bats, butterflies and bees. when the wildlife flies by a tower, the tag emits a unique

encoded radio signal that gets picked up by the antenna. >> see the red flashing lights? >> reporter: the signal then goes to the cloud and ends up in a central database. >> then it's available for the public to look at. >> reporter: what's key, researchers are sharing data. the hope? that scientists will more quickly understand where the birds are spending time and identify which areas are the most important to protect as the planet continues to warm. >> i'm very concerned. >> reporter: back at the coyote creek field station there's a motus station. katie labarbera hopes the data and humans will help give these birds a fighting chance. >> the more we can slow climate change, the better. >> reporter: in this case aiming for more than just a wing and a prayer. >> fascinating. >> beautiful. >> there are now more than 1,200 motus stations across 31 countries monitoring at least 250 species of bats, birds, and insects. >> looks so easy to hold that little bird. to see where they

are traveling, you can go to our website, kpix.com. ahead in sports, we're here at levi's stadium, draft central for the 9ers to see who they select in the second round. plus brandon aiyuk is on fire about the 9ers drafting a wide

it's been a blustery end to the workweek, but we'll calm down the last week in april. temperatures will return to pretty much what's normal for late april as the parade of upper level storm systems that's dominated our weather loses its influence over us the next several days as well. we'll see the next storm system missing us well to the north, so the calm weather will continue likely into the first several days of may. we are tracking a few thunderstorms this evening that are not in the bay area, but they're close, dropping down towards sacramento, some showers becoming full fledged thunderstorms. it is raining cats and dogs now around the capital city just in time for the tail end of the peak of rush hour. other thunderstorms elsewhere in the central valley and foothills of the sierra, but all that activity will miss the bay area and just fizzle out as we head through this evening. we'll see a few fair weather clouds, some fog along the coast, but otherwise a lot of sunshine to start the day saturday, a few high clouds

passing through. the winds won't be as much of a factor, still gusty this evening. we have some 30 to 40-mile-an-hour gusts. those will drop off quickly as the sun goes down. the thunderstorms quiet down. the winds calm down and shows you how much the sun's energy riles things up in the daylight hours. then the winds pick up tomorrow into the 20-mile-an-hour range for the strongest gust saturday afternoon, a far cry from the 40 plus gusts we've seen today. temperatures were cool today, plenty of sunshine, but it's still breezy. made it up to 70 degrees in santa rosa, just short of 60 degrees in half moon bay. overnight we will drop to a mix of 40s and a few spots in the low 50s. these numbers are much closer to average compared to the past several nights. the high temperatures tomorrow will warm up with the abundance sunshine, back up to 70 degrees in san jose, just 1 degree below tomorrow's normal high temperature, a mix of upper 60s

and low 70s in the santa clara valley and inland in the east bay. temperatures around the bay won't be as warm but well into the 60s in fremont and redwood city, another day in the upper 50s for half moon bay, 60s farther down the line, low to mid-60s for san francisco and oakland and temperatures reach the upper 60s and low 70s inland in the north bay. there is more of a warm-up that kicks in next week. here's the ten-day temperature outlook for san jose. that warm-up will be more noticeable farther away from the water. you can see heading into early may, 1st day of may is wednesday, we warm to the upper 70s and low 80s before gradually coasting back down to normal temperatures. we have some changes to the seven-day forecast compared to 24 hours ago. yesterday it looked like the warmest days would be tuesday and wednesday and we'd drop back close to normal. the warm-up will take a little longer to arrive and stick around a little longer, temperatures up to 80 degrees inland thursday and friday next week and we don't have any

rain in the seven-day forecast. the showers are off to our north and thunderstorms are the only hint of moisture we'll see the next seven days and sunshine will emerge even along the coast and your temperatures should warm up. it will be more of a baby warm-up, but temperatures will reach the low 60s for the first few days of may before eventually the may gray is going to return. it's just a matter of time. >> yea, 60s for the coast. time for a check of what's ahead at 6:00, we switch over to juliette. >> thanks so much. it's no easy feat for a business to survive downtown, but we have a tale of two restaurants showing staying power on both sides of the bay. one has been around since before california was a state. the milestone anniversary for tatich grill and a relaunch for a famous oakland barbecue joint destroyed by fire, how its move downtown tells a different story about the recovery on the other side of the bay. we go along on a real live

treasure hunt at some iconic bay area locations, all that in ten minutes. let's go to matt lively and some sports. >> hi, jules. we're here at levi's stadium, nfl draft central, the 9ers about to make their second round pick in the next hour and one additional pick in the third round tonight barring any trades. the reason there's curtains behind me, the red carpet down here is because first round selection ricky pearsall arrived in santa clara today. he had a big year at university of florida, 990 yards receiving. kyle shanahan, a former wide receiver in college himself, likes what he saw in pearsall. >> reminds me of myself, a lot faster, can do everything much better, can jump. >> i got to watch the tape. send it my way. i got to watch it. that's a great compliment. i appreciate that from him. >> pearsall said the receiver

he patterns his game after is none other than brandon aiyuk, his former college teammate at arizona state. pearsall and his family made the trip up from arizona. i caught up with mom and dad after a crazy 24 hours for their son. how excited are you the travel arrangements are going to be pretty easy? >> i love that he's on the west coast. >> reporter: at what point in his childhood do you remember he has what it takes? >> he was pretty talented, but when he started growing and his work ethic started showing, i was like all right, we'll have something special. i didn't know if he was going to be short like me or tall. he hit his growth spurt. it was like all right, it's going to be something special. >> reporter: do you start looking for apartments here now? >> you never know. >> picking a wide receiver in the first round obviously led to speculation about aiyuk's future with the team. important followup questions were asked, did he use words or emojis, to

john lynch or kyle shanahan? >> group text both of us. >> this is how people younger than you talk. fire, pick, can't lie. >> we all remember brock purdy had to wait until the very last pick in the draft to hear his name called in 2022, but a lot has changed in two years. purdy is now the starting quarterback for the nfc champs and he continues to add endorsement deals, his latest? the pitchman for a new john deere add with teammate colton mckivitz. >> been trying to have fun with it. >> you're in the big leagues now, buddy. >> isn't that a baseball reference? >> isn't that a baseball reference? >> whenever we have to shoot a commercial or something, i give it my all. >> i love that. >> guys, with this background it looks like i could be hosting the oscars or the

emmys. i'm not sure brock purdy is ready for that. i've seen the acting, a little work there. >> i believe the little clip. he was doing all right. >> that's the commercial, too, where he saves sara donchey before getting attacked by the coyote. >> that's right. >> maybe he gets a jefferson award or something, not an oscar. >> i think you should nominate him. >> thanks. >> i'll nominate him, that's right. up next, a severe neck injury was supposed to end his football career, the northern california native w

he was never supposed to play football again. doctors told a sacramento native that he had to medically retire from the sport. >> but he didn't take no for an answer and not only worked his way back onto the field, but became a top pick in the nfl draft. >> hunter sauer shows us it didn't come as a surprise to the people who knew him the best. >> with the 15th pick in the 2024 nfl draft, the indianapolis colts select laiatu latu. >> reporter: dreams come true. with his family by his side at the draft in detroit, it's thousands of miles west where you'll find a team of former coaches cheering from the gym of jesuit high school.

>> just wow, an amazing feeling. >> reporter: cheering for not just the player, but the person. >> off the field, phenomenal human being and what i really appreciate most about him is his care and love for his family. >> reporter: coach marlin blanton knows it hasn't been an easy path to the national stage. >> i'm thrilled for him and what he overcame to get where he is. >> it was just a few years ago when he was at the university of washington, he had to medically retire from the sport. >> belief, belief in himself, belief in god. >> reporter: even after a devastating neck injury, latu never lost hope or support from those who loved him. >> i mean i told all the doctors that told me otherwise i'll be at this point in time playing football again. i mean i knew it. i manifested it. the power of the mind is something crazy. >> he was correct. the power of the mind and the lord, that's something else, man. for him to get to where he is. >> reporter: the jesuit high alum would go on to play two

years for ucla, described as a force of nature, dominating his last year's defensive player of the year. >> he's a warrior. he's a gladiator. >> reporter: overcoming trials with a chance now to take his talent to the next level. >> through it for our community and he's a solid young man to look up to. >> amazing comeback story. >> what a great one. that's it for the news at 5:00. cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich starts right now. >> it is a celebration of staying power, a big weekend for two bay area businesses, both famous in their own right. how they're out to defy the odds of the downtown doom loop. >> came here the first time when i was 12 years old. >> when you think of famous places to eat in the city by the bay, chances are tatich grill is on that list, the secret sauce that's kept it going for 175 years. >> second generation customers, third generation customers. that's why all customers keep

coming back. and a relaunch for an oakland barbecue joint that's had its share of ups and downs, how it tells a different story about the downtown recovery on the other side of the bay. >> there's a desire to come together and be together as part of the community. >> downtown oakland gives you that feeling and it just feels better. plus tense moments on the stanford campus, we hear from protesters risking disciplinary action to join a nationwide movement. and a chance to strike gold. >> i thought it was trash for a second and it wasn't trash. the real live treasure hunt in some san francisco spots. >> breezy but more sunshine out there, a return of normal april weather as we head into the weekend and the first alert forecast. this